Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1887-10-29
ABOUT HATS.
How Character n Portrayed by the
Dfmerent styles.

Dinerent styles.
Didyou ever observe, asks the st.
Paul Globe, that a mans disposition
can be read by the style of the hat he
wears and the way he wears it? Not
so with a woman. There is more di-
versity OF style in women's hats than
mems. But a woman always wears
her hair fixed up. So that a woman's
hat a be no index to female charac-
ter.
1t is different with men. There is
a close intimacy between the styles OF
mems headgear and the science OF
phrenology. The hat is the dump which
infallibly denotes the most prominent
trait of character. When a man buys
a hat he is governed in the selection
by the peculiar organism OF the brain.
1t dosen't make any difference
whether the particular hat he selects
is becoming to him or not, he prefers
it because he is built that way. II he
wears an unbecoming hat he is not
responsible for it. A man never looks
in a mirror when he tries a hat on.
A woman always does.
The tall silk hat denotes financial
ability. Bankers, hotel clerks, and
police reporters always silk hats.
Rich men do not always wear silk hats.
nor are men who veal silk hats al.
ways rich. Still. the silk hat is an
unerring sign of capacity for handling
finances successfully. 1t isn't every
man who possesses financial ability
that gets rich, nor is it every man who
gets rich that possesses skill on fnan-
cering. Not by a jug full. We state
this that the public mind may not gel
confused on these points.
The derby hat denotes energy. A
man who wears a derby always has
the appearance of being on the go. Il
is at home whether at church or or
the baseball grounds. The derby is
a nobby little cross between the silk
and the SLOUGH. 1t is an accommoda'
ton hat. The clergyman looks vel
in it, and it fits the bartender tc
a at" And all the time it has
a pushing go-aheaditiveness in
its appearance that makes every
thing side-switch when the berby
passes by.
And then there is the SLOUGH hat
All, there is the hat of liberty for you.
The SLOUGH hat is the original old com
moner. 1t is the hat for the masses
democratic in style and republican in
its simplicity. There is nothing that
symbolizes pure unauthorized Ameri.
canism so we'll as the SLOUGH hat. The
SLOUGH hat denotes socialbilitv. 1t is
the unfailing index OF general tempera'
ments. 1t means that the wearer is a
good fellow that will do to tie to. He
may be a bank president or he may be
a cowboy, still you can rely on his be-
ing a hale companion wherever yor
meet him, possessing study independ,
ence OF character, and always ready to
extend a helping hand wherever it is
needed.
The man who wears his hat perpen'
dicularly, whether it is a tall, a derby
or a SLOUGH, has the bump Of self
esteem well developed. He thinks
that he is the upper crust of the pie
and is entitled to recognition. The
man who wears his hat down over the
forehead is a thoughtful man. He is
studious and communes with himself q
great deal, and sometimes inclined tc
moroseness.
But the man who wears his hat or
the back OF his head is one who doesn't
care whether school keeps or not. He
is Independent and self-reliant, ant
one day is with him as another. HI
takes note of neither time mol indi
viduals. He is usually popular be
cause he is always generous. Sailors
and soldiers and jockeys and base
ball players are not included in thi'
classification because they always
wear caps.